27 Dec 1890
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Newspaper
Boonville Enquirer
Location
Boonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1890
Page
1
A collection of varied quotes and notes critiques tariffs and the McKinley bill, discusses pension rates in several states, and mentions Dip Kix e Kananaua selling Hawaii to the United States. References to Indiana aluminum, protectionism, and royal transfer dynamics appear in a mosaic of 19th century concerns.
Three papers in the January Century recount Joun H. Morgans raid across the Ohio. Basil W. Duke writes The Raid with amused incidents and bold feats. O B Willcox details The Capture chasing Morgan through Indiana Ohio and near the Pennsylvania line. Thomas H. Hines describes The Escape showing a tunnel out of the Ohio penitentiary and the covert journey to the Confederate line.
A critical ledger details 1,854 new government posts created in the current session. The text notes most placements went to party workers rather than efficiency, with annual costs totaling $1,450,343 and salary increases for 1,108 office-holders rising by $141,295.12 compared to Cleveland era levels.
A collection of testimonials touts Swift's Specific as a cure for cancer and blood diseases, with claims from D. D. Warg of Keene New Hampshire and J. C. Nace of Hobbyville Indiana. An accompanying tip advocates sipping milk slowly to aid digestion, explaining how rapid consumption causes curdled mass formation in the stomach.
Secretary of State Griffin reports the House composition shows farmers at about forty five members, mostly Republicans or Democrats not aligned with Alliance. The Senate features twenty one lawyers and twenty one overall lawyers in the chamber, with substantial regional birth origins and twenty five new Senators, ten with prior service.
The piece argues that restless young farmers seek various ventures but should remain with the old farm. It stresses the farm as life source, home, and health provider, urging young men to stand by the land wherever they live in the country for future support and nourishment.
The Evasville Journal notes Mr. Wylie of Kerr Clarke Co in Boonville and Henderson as Boonville Town Board president, praising Scots worldwide for industry and independence. A 1891 migration brochure offers a 250 dollar journey to migrate, while Dallas Texas reports a 1000 foot artesian well bore in the court square with a daily yield near 1,000,000 gallons.
Rev F M Strout cites Dr Miles New Discovery curing diseased lines and weight gain. Arthur Love endorses it for consumption and urges a trial with free bottles. G O Wilde promotes Restorative Nervine and Dr Miles Heart Cure with a free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Madison to get a $50,000 government building?
S A Cliford of New Cassel Wisconsin reports relief from neuralgia rheumatism and stomach liver troubles after three bottles of Electric Bitters Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Pennsylvania says his eight year leg sore healed after three bottles of Electric Bitters and Bucklen Arnica Salve John Speaker of Cataract Ontario had five fever sores and was deemed incurable but recovered after electric treatment and salve reports. Typhoid fever is said to be prevalent in Muncie Indiana nosed out by drugstore notices.
Advertisement touts Dr Miles New Heart Cure as a revolutionary treatment for heart disease and related symptoms. It claims quick alleviation of shortness of breath fluttering pains and dropsy with a money back guarantee through G O Wilde. Also promotes Miles Pills and restorative Nervine with Lamp's Free offer at Wilde's store in Martinsville reaction to a $500 fire engine purchase.
A vintage ad promises a miraculous cure for burns bruises cuts ulcers fevers and various skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. The remedy is priced at 25 cents per bottle and advertised as available through any druggist.
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